Employee Opinion Surveys
Sometimes
Painful, Always Helpful
Periodic physical examinations are
vital to ensure good personal health. While odds are high for a clean bill of
health, sometimes unexpected problems are diagnosed and proper treatment can be started.
Just as preventive medicine has
proved its worth, employee opinion surveys can protect the good health of an
organization. But for the same reasons that an individual may shy away from
preventive action, so do many health care organizations.
SECTION I: SHOULD AN OPINION SURVEY BE UNDERTAKEN
Typically, four barriers lead
managers to put off assessments of employee attitudes.
- The ‘Lack of Obvious Symptoms’
Barrier
- The ‘I Don’t Want To Hear Bad
News’ Barrier
- The Expense Barrier: ‘How Can I
Justify the Cost?’
- The
‘Unwillingness-to-Deal-with-Survey-Findings’ Barrier
SECTION
II: IMPLEMENTING AN OPINION SURVEY
